Evan J Lawson: Sirens

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"Once he hears to his heart's content, sails on, a wiser man. ...all that comes to pass on the fertile earth, we know it all!" - Homer - The Odyssey

 

c.a. 8"

  Violin I  

Viola

Violoncello

 

 

moving to sul pont.



(s.p.)

 

   

   



ff

 

 

   

   

 ppp

4.

 

Walking from a corner of the room to the stage, only when playing music

3.

 

ppp

mixture of tremolo on end pin and wood of the instruemtn 2. ppp

Walking from a corner of the room to the stage, only when playing music

 

ppp

Violin II

closed mouth

Mmm

moving to ord.

ppp

  

Walking from a corner of the room to the stage, only when playing music

senza vib. sul tasto

Evan Lawson (Febuary 2015. rev. March 2016 & June 2016)

Sirens Σειρñνες From Orfeo

Slow e = 60 c.a. 8" Soprano

This version for Allotropy!

5.

A    



7

S.

Mmm

Vln. I

 

Vln. II

Vla.

Vc.

 

ord.  s.t.     pp

6.

  s.p        

s.p.

pizz. arco

sff fff

pp

 

 

 

s.t.

ff

7.

  



 s.t.    pp

ord.



8.

Copyright © 2016 Evan Lawson

  s.p       

s.p.

pizz. arco

sff fff

pp

   s.t.

ff

9.

Faster e = 75

pp

By this point, both violins and viola should have reached the stage

 pp

10.


- Sirens - 2

vocalise on ah 12

 

S.

Vln. I

  

   

ord. p

S.

p

11.

19

  Vln. I 

  

   

 

Vla.

p

ff pp

 

 

 

    

 

f p

 

   

 

 

Walk to a corner of the room

pp

 

       

 

p

B

   

       

f

  

            p 

    

mp

          

mp

   

 

Vln. II

Vc.

fff



q = 75

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

  

       f

  

fp

Walk to a corner of the room

 

      

p

whispering: all that comes to pass on the fertile earth, we know it all!

Vln. II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vla.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Vc.



 

pp

ffff

   

C 27

S.

Vln. I

 

3             

From a distant corner of the room

 

Vln. II

mf

Vla.

Vc.

3



fp

G.P.

   

   fff

 

 

 

q = 50 (e = 100)

    pp

 

f

**     

pp



     **       

From a distant corner of the room

    pp

  

pp

    

 

 

**Wide vibrato

   **


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